Sinclair Ferguson

When you land, you will still be confronted by the same revelation of God in creation that you were trying to escape from.

It's as though God had planted quiet voices in everything in creation to make them say, there is no last exit from my revelation.

It's as though God had planted quiet voices in everything in creation to make them say, there is no last exit from my revelation.

I wonder if you see what that means.

I wonder if you see what that means.

It's exactly what Isaac Watts wrote.

It's exactly what Isaac Watts wrote.

Nothing is atheistic.

Nothing is atheistic.

There's not a plant or flower below, but makes God's glories known.

There's not a plant or flower below, but makes God's glories known.

And since that is the inescapable environment in which we live, as Bavinck goes on to say, there are no real atheists.

And since that is the inescapable environment in which we live, as Bavinck goes on to say, there are no real atheists.

There are only hiding atheists.

There are only hiding atheists.

Now, I'm sure Herman Bavinck wasn't denying there are people who call themselves atheists.

Now, I'm sure Herman Bavinck wasn't denying there are people who call themselves atheists.

And actually, I think we would probably have to concede that there are people who deceive themselves so fully that they believe themselves to be atheists.

And actually, I think we would probably have to concede that there are people who deceive themselves so fully that they believe themselves to be atheists.

But I want you to notice the implications of this, and we'll need to talk more about this tomorrow.